- Original: εἶ - Transliteration: Ei - Phonetic: i - Definition: 1. you are, thou art - Origin: second person singular present of G1510 - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Verb

G1488, G1498, G1510, G1511, G1526, G2070, G2071, G2252, G2258, G2277, G2468, G5600, G5607 εἰμί eimi 2,462x to be, to exist, Joh_1:1 ; Joh_17:5 ; Mat_6:30 ; Luk_4:25 , freq.; ἐστί [ν ], it is possible, proper, Heb_9:5 ; a simple linking verb ( copula ) to the subject and predicate, and therefore in itself affecting the force of the sentence only by its tense, mood, etc., Joh_1:1 ; Joh_15:1 , freq.; it also forms a frequent circumlocuti on with the participles of the present and perfect of other verbs, Mat_19:22 ; Mar_2:6 be.

εἰ , conjunctive particle, used in conditions and in indirect questions. I. Conditional, if; 1. c . indic ., expressing a general assumption; (a) pres.: seq . indic . pres., Mat_11:14 , Rom_8:25 , al. ; seq . imperat., Mar_4:23 ; Mar_9:22 , Joh_15:18 , 1Co_7:9 , al. ; seq . fut . indic ., Luk_16:31 , Rom_8:11 , al. ; seq . pf . or aor. , with negation in apodosis, Mat_12:26 , Rom_4:14 , al. ; similarly, seq . impf ., Luk_17:6 , Joh_8:39 ; seq . quζst., Mat_6:23 Joh_5:47 ; Joh_7:23 ; Joh_8:46 , 1Pe_2:20 ; (b) fut .: Mat_26:33 , 1Pe_2:20 ; (c) pf .: Joh_11:12 , Rom_6:5 , al. ; (d) aor. : Luk_16:11 ; Luk_19:8 , Joh_13:32 ; Joh_18:23 , Rev_20:15 , al. 2. Where the assumption is certain = ἐπεί : Mat_12:28 , Joh_7:4 , Rom_5:17 , al. 3. Of an unfulfilled condition, c . indic . impf ., aor. or plpf ., seq . ἄν , c . imp. or aor. ( see ἄν , I, i). 4. C . indic ., after verbs denoting wonder, etc., sometimes, but not always, coupled with an element of doubt: Mar_15:44 , 1Jn_3:13 , al. 5. C . indic ., as in LXX ( Num_14:30 , 1Sa_14:45 , al. = Heb . H518 ), in oaths, with the formula of imprecation understood in a suppressed apodosis ( WM , 627; Burton , § 272): Mar_8:12 , Heb_3:11 ( LXX ) Heb_4:3 ( LXX ), 6. Rarely ( cl .) c . optat ., to express a merely possible condition: Act_24:19 ; Act_27:39 , 1Co_14:10 ; 1Co_15:37 , 1Pe_3:14 ; 1Pe_3:17 II. Interrogative, if, whether. 1. As in cl ., in indir. questions after verbs of seeing, asking, knowing, saying, etc: c . indic . Pres ., Mat_26:63 , Mar_15:36 , Act_19:2 , 2Co_13:5 , al. ; fut ., Mar_3:2 , Act_8:22 , al. ; aor. , Mar_15:44 , 1Co_1:16 , al. ; c . subjc . aor. ( M , Pr., 194), Php_3:12 . 2. As in LXX ( = Heb . H518 and interrog. δΒ , Gen_17:17 , al. ; v. WM , 639 f .; Viteau , i, 22), in direct questions: Mar_8:23 (Tr., WH , txt .), Luk_13:23 ; Luk_22:49 , Act_19:2 , al. III. With other particles. 1. εἰ ἄρα , εἴγε , εἰ δὲ μήγ s, see ἄρα , γε . 2. εἰ δὲ καί , but if also : Luk_11:18 ; but even of, 1Co_4:7 , 2Co_4:3 ; 2Co_11:6 . 3. εἰ δὲ μή , but if not, but if otherwise: Mar_2:21-22 , Joh_14:2 , Rev_2:5 , al. 4. εἰ καί , if even, if also, although: Mar_14:29 , Luk_11:8 , 1Co_7:21 , 2Co_4:16 , Php_2:17 , al. 5. καί εἰ , even if see καί . 6. εἰ μή , if not, unless, except, but only: Mat_24:22 , Mar_2:26 ; Mar_6:5 , Joh_9:33 , 1Co_7:17 (only), Gal_1:19 ( cf. ἐὰν μή , 216; v. Hort ., Ja., xvi); ἐκτὸς εἰ μή , pleonastic (Bl., § 65, 6), 1Co_14:5 ; 1Co_15:2 , 1Ti_5:19 .. 7. εἰ μήν = cl . ἦ μήν ( M , Pr., 46), in oaths, surely ( Eze_33:27 , al. ): Heb_6:14 . 8. εἴ πως , if haply: Act_27:12 , Rom_1:10 . 9. εἴτε . . . εἴτε , whether . . . or: Rom_12:6-8 , 1Co_3:22 ; 1Co_13:8 , al.

εἰμί, with various uses and significations, like the English verb to be. __I. As substantive verb. __1. Of persons and things, to be, exist: Act.17:28, Jhn.1:1, 8:58, 17:5, al; ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν (for past ptcp.), Rev.1:4, 8, 4:8, 11:17, 16:5 (see Swete, Ap., 5; M, Pr., 228); τὰ (μὴ) ὄντα, Rom.4:17, 1Co.1:28. __2. Of times, events, etc., to be, happen, take place: Mat.24:3, Mrk.14:2, 15:42, Luk.21:23, Jhn.4:6, 23, 5:10, al. __3. to be present, be in a place, have come: Mat.2:13, 15, Mrk.1:45, 5:21, 15:40, Luk.1:80, 5:29, Jhn.7:30, al.; before εἰς, Mrk.2:1; before ἐκ, (ἐξ), Mat.1:20, 21:25, Mrk.11:30, Jhn.3:31, al. __4. Impers., ἔστι, ἦν, etc.; __(a) there is (Fr. il y a), was, etc.: Mat.16:28, Luk.16:19, Jhn.3:1, 5:2, Rom.3:10, al.; with dative (of the possessor; Bl., §37, 3), Mat.16:22, Luk.1:7, Jhn.18.10, Rom.9:2, al.; ἔστιν ὅς, ὅστις (chiefly in pl), Mat.16:28, 19:2, Mrk.9:1, al.; __(b) with inf., = ἔξεστιν (which see), it is possible: Heb.9:5, 1Co.11:20, RV (but see ICC, in l.). __II. As copula uniting subject and predicate. __1. Expressing simply identity or equivalence: Mat.5:13, 14:15, Luk.1:18, 19, Jhn.1:1, 4:19, Rev.3:9, al. mult. __2. Explicative, as in parable, figure, type, etc.: Mat.13:19, 1Co.9:2, 10:4, 11:25, Gal.4:24, Rev.17:15, al.; ταῦτ᾽ ἔστιν, Mat.27:46, Mrk.7:2, Rom.7:18 al.; ὅ ἐστιν, Mrk.3:17, Col.1:24, Heb.7:2, al.; akin to this is the sacramental usage: Mat.26:26-28, Mrk.14:22, 24, Luk.22:19, 1Co.11:24 (see ICC on Mk, I Co, ll. with; DB, iii, 148 f.). __3. C. genitive: qual., etc., Mrk.5:42, Luk.3:23, 1Co.14:33, Heb.12:11, al.; part., 1Ti.1:20, 2Ti.1:15; poss., Mat.5:3, 10, Mrk.12:7, Luk.4:7; of service or partisanship, Rom.8:9, 1Co.1:12, 2Co.10:7, 2Ti.2:19. __4. C. dative (BL, §37, 3): Act.1:8, 9:15, Rom.4:12, 1Co.1:18, 2:14, Rev.21:7, al. __5. C. ptcp., as a periphrasis for the simple verb (Bl., §62, 1, 2; M, Pr., 225 ff.); __(a) with ptcp. pf. (cl.): Mat.10:30, Luk.9:32, Jhn.3:24, Act.21:35, 1Co.15:19, al; __(b) with ptcp. pr. (esp. in impf., as in Heb. and Aram.; Dalman, Words, 35 f.), Mat.7:29, Mrk.1:22, Luk.4:31, 14:1, Act.1:10, al. mult., id. for imper. (M, Pr., 180f., 182f.), with ellipsis of εἰμί, Rom.12:9, 10, Heb.13:5, al.; __(with) with ptcp. aor. (cl), Luk.23:9. __6. Seq. εἰς (cf. Heb. הָיָה לְ), a vernac. usage (M, Pr., 71): Mat.19:5, Mrk.10:8, Heb.8:10, al. __7. C. adv.: Mat.19:20, Mrk.4:26, Luk.18:11, al. __8. Ellipses; __(a) of the copula (Bl., §30, 3): Mat.8:29, 24:32, Jhn.21:22, 23, Heb.6:4, al.; __(b) of the predicate: ἐγώ εἰμί, Mat.14:27, Mrk.6:50, al.; absol. (cf. Deu.32:39; אֲנִי הוּא), Mrk.13:6, Jhn.4:26, al. (cf. ἄπ-, ἔν-, πάρ-, συμ-πάρ-, σύν-ειμι). (AS)